The correct answer is <span> (a) the missouri compromise.</span>
<span>He established a small court in which he brought sailors, mapmakers, astronomers, and others who were interested in navigation. From this court, he sent expeditions west to islands in the Atlantic and south to explore the western coast of Africa.</span>
Answer:
The Constitution thus protected slavery by increasing political representation for slave owners and slave states; by limiting, stringently though temporarily, congressional power to regulate the international slave trade; and by protecting the rights of slave owners to recapture their escaped slaves.
Explanation:
D)The ruling undermined the idea of free labor and supported slave labor" since it stated that slaves could not sue for their freedom in court, even if they were in free states.